It may sound obvious, but sometimes those things patients dismiss can be the sign of something more serious.

It may sound obvious, but sometimes those things patients dismiss can be the sign of something more serious.

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Updated: 5:49 PM EDT Aug 3, 2015

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WEBVTT GET IT CHECKED OUT. MEGAN PRINGLE HAS TONIGHT'S WOMEN'S DOCTOR. BE AS LOUD. HE'S RAMBUNCTIOUS. MEGAN: AMBER HARO LIGHTS UP WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT HER SON. BUT AS SHE LOOKS AT THE PICTURES OF THE LAST YEAR, SHE SAYS IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH. I FOUND A LUMP, WHICH WAS COVERING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BREAST. DOCTORS SAID IT WAS TISSUE, AND IT WAS COMMON FOR WOMEN OF MY AGE. MEGAN: AMBER IS 26. SHE HAD AN ULTRASOUND, AND DOCTORS TOLD HER THERE WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. MORE SYMPTOMS POPPED UP. I HAD TO GET ANOTHER OPINION, BECAUSE I FELT THAT WAS NOT THE RIGHT OPINION. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. MEGAN: SOMETHING WAS WRONG. IT TURNED OUT AMBER HAD STAGE TO BREAST CANCER. IT WAS HORRIBLE. EVERYTHING WAS ON MUTE. IT'S A BREAST CANCER. IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. MEGAN: ONCOLOGIST SANDY COULD TIE A SAYS IN THIS CASE, GETTING THE RIGHT IMAGING IS CRUCIAL. SHE ENCOURAGES ALL PATIENTS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR BODY, NEVER IGNORE ANY PERSISTENT AND PROGRESSIVE SYMPTOMS. IT WAS SOMETHING NEW, AND IT WASN'T THERE BEFORE, WHETHER IT'S ON YOUR SKIN OR A BUMP YOU FEEL, A MASS IN YOUR BREAST, SOMETHING NOT GOING AWAY, GET THAT CHECKED OUT. MEGAN: THAT IS WHAT AMBER DID. THE DOCTOR SAID IT SAVED HER LIFE. AFTER A YEAR OF FIGHTING CANCER, AMBER IS HAVING HER LAST

Don't ignore these persistent, progressive symptoms

It may sound obvious, but sometimes those things patients dismiss can be the sign of something more serious.